Maia Big Brother 2

Maia Big Brother 2 is the second season of Kaohportian hit series Maia Big Brother. The show featured 15 candidates or HouseGuests vying for the win. Two would make it to the end, while the 7 last evicted HouseGuests voted to determine the winner on the last day. In the end, D'une, representing D'unelaleh, defeated Loafousia's Alex in a final vote of 5 to 2.

Production
During the finale of Maia Big Brother 1, host Ferdi announced that the show was "very likely to return". Teasers were briefly played during commercial breaks in all participating countries during the months of July and August. KNRT then confirmed on the 5th of September that casting for Maia Big Brother 2 had started in secret, and that the season was expected to debut "in less than a month". On the 10th of the same month, it was announced that the season would start on Thursday, September 14th.

Cast
It has been rumoured that past contestants have been contacted about playing the game for the second time.

On September 10th, host Ferdi (who had been promoted to KNRT executive) announced that "15 HouseGuests" had been cast, while KNRT was still in talks with two potential other HouseGuests. The same day, another KNRT employee leaked that out of the 15 HouseGuests that had been cast and moved into sequester, six were returning players.

Eventually, 15 HouseGuests were indeed cast, of which 6 were returnees.

Summary
All 15 HouseGuests entered on Day 1, in three groups of five. That same night, they were confronted with the first twist of the season, as a House vote would be held to determine who was deemed the most trustworthy, and who was found to be the least trustworthy. On Day 3, it was announced to the HouseGuests that Sel had been voted as the most trustworthy member of the group. He was then instructed to select one HouseGuest to be unable to compete in any of the competitions that were to take place in the first week. Meanwhile, D'Une was voted the least trustworthy; he was then instructed to grant one HouseGuest immunity for two weeks.

That same night, the Timebomb Twist was announced to the HouseGuest. Up until a certain point, every evictee would choose one of the remaining HouseGuests to "face the timebombs" right after their eviction. The selected HouseGuest would then blindly pick one of three timebombs and receive whatever advantage or punishment would be in it.

In the early hours of Day 4, Sel announced that he had chosen Ste as the HouseGuest ineligible in the first week's competitions. An hour before the Head of Household competition, D'Une chose Marta to receive immunity for two weeks.

On night 4, HouseGuests were faced with their first Head of Household challenge of the season. The competition was called "HOH Tag". Starting with Ste, HouseGuests would tag each other. Everyone who got tagged, would be eliminated from the competition, with the last HouseGuest standing becoming the HOH. In the end, D'Une became the HOH after the competition came down to a random draw between him and Alex.

On day 7, D'Une decided to nominate Ash and Anton for eviction. D'une, his nominees, and Francisco, Jimmy and Antony then battled for the first Veto of the season in the "Oh Snow You Didn't" competition, where they had to hit as many targets as they could. On day 9, Anton won the Power of Veto after D'Une had previously been announced as the winner. Anton chose to save himself, and Jimmy was nominated in his place. Voting opened the day after.

Controversies and criticisms
As with last edition, the show faced controversy. The earliest complaints came on day 4 as multiple HouseGuests first bashed the host's sexuality and later harrassed transgender HouseGuest Ash by chanting his pre-transition name. One day later, Ashley had a minor breakdown after being eliminated from the ongoing HOH competition, and live feed watchers complained about Big Brother's approach to the situation.

On night 6, Ash and Antony were locked in a bathroom by Josh where they were forced to watch Alex urinate. The incident, dubbed "Goldenshowergate", was heavily criticised and featured in major Leodian and Qualtonese news programmes. Josh was warned by Big Brother.

On the September 20th episode, aired on day 7, Ash made a comment about Marta's English speaking skills, infuriating some viewers.

On night 60, as Marta left the house, a drama between her and D'une ensued.